I’m still trying to figure out the PERFECT order of pages to my weblog. New pages had been added and probably will increase as I continue to think of many things overlooked.
Here are the parent* pages so far:
- Contents (which is a `Table of Contents` or currently the `Home` or `Front` page).
- Pages (which is the `Sitemap`).**
- Archives (which lists ALL available shortcode archives – yearly, monthly, weekly, daily and postbypost).
- Posts (which displays the latest (or most recent) blog entries).
The `Contents` page is not perfect. It currently shows three sections (pages, book and posts). But logically, the sections should be only two (pages and posts) without the book. But because this current layout is modeled after `[my] daily companion` of religious readings online, the `book` section is still included.
The `Pages` page is not perfect. This is because it is a copy of the `Page` widget listed in the numbered order** and as a result the `Contents` page is not perfected yet.
The `Archives` is perfect. But I’m hoping team Automattic will create shortcodes for the pages, posts and sidebars:
- Categories;
- Links; and
- Tags.
The `Posts` page is perfect. It is published as a blank page and is currently set as a static `Post page` under the `options-reading.php`.
I kept the nesting to only another level of the parent pages. This decision is based on the fact that the sidebar widget is NARROW in width and looks better with no more than two levels of nested pages.
* You can arrange your pages in hierarchies, for example you could have an “About” page that has “Life Story” and “My Dog” pages under it. There are no limits to how deeply nested you can make pages.
** Pages are usually ordered alphabetically, but you can put a number above to change the order pages appear in. (We know this is a little janky, it’ll be better in future releases.)
Tags: blogging, front page, nested, pages, shortcodes, static
